DRUGS

Panamanian authorities seize drugs bound for Europe

Published on: February 21, 2023
00:30

Panama, Feb 21 (Prensa Latina) Panamanian National Police on Monday confirmed the seizure of 1,298 packages of drugs in a container coming from the United States and abound for Europe.

Study finds staggering surge in meth deaths tied to opioid co-use

Published on: February 20, 2023
18:15

Washington, Feb 20 (Prensa Latina) An investigation revealed US methamphetamine (meth) mortality rate increased fiftyfold between 1999 and 2021, with most of the added deaths also involving heroin and fentanyl, researchers report in the American Journal of Public Health.

TGA approves psilocybin, MDMA for treating depression and PTSD

Published on: February 4, 2023
09:36

Sydney, Feb 4 (Prensa Latina) Australia´s medical regulator has passed the use of psychedelics to treat some mental health conditions, making the country one of the first in the world to officially recognize MDMA (ecstasy) and psilocybin as medicines.

USA: Nitazene opioid complicates public health response to overdoses

Published on: January 27, 2023
16:39

Washington, Jan 27 (Prensa Latina) Nitazene, a synthetic opioid up to 40 times more powerful than fentanyl is scrambling the public health response to the addiction crisis in a rising number of U.S. cities.

Syria foils drug smuggling attempt to Jordan

Published on: September 20, 2022
08:22

Damascus, Sep 20 (Prensa Latina) Syrian security forces confiscated large quantities of drugs in the province of Deraa, 100 kilometers south of the capital, near the border with Jordan.

Panama seizes more than 86 tons of drugs so far this year

Published on: September 3, 2022
10:41

Panama City, Sep 3 (Prensa Latina) Government authorities highlighted today that so far this year more than 86 tons of drugs have been seized in Panama, a figure that could surpass that of 2021.

ANVISA authorizes use of vaccine and drug against monkeypox in Brazil

Published on: August 26, 2022
17:55

Brasilia, Aug 26 (Prensa Latina) Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) has just authorized the use of a vaccine and drug to fight monkeypox virus, which has killed one person and infected 4,144 people in Brazil so far.

Panama´s SENAM seizes nearly 2 tons of cocaine

Published on: August 15, 2022
18:12

Panama City, Aug 15 (Prensa Latina) Panama's National Aeronaval Service (SENAN, in Spanish) on Monday managed to seize 1,900 kg of drugs stashed away inside a container aboard a ship from Turbo, Colombia, and heading to Slovenia.

Mexico seizes nearly two tons of cocaine in Michoacan

Published on: August 5, 2022
01:00

Mexico, Aug 5 (Prensa Latina) More than 1.5 ton of cocaine have been seized by the Secretariat of the Navy (SEMAR) off the coast of Michoacan, the military corps reported on its website on Thursday.

Panama has seized 70 tons of drugs to date this year

Published on: July 17, 2022
10:18

Panama City, Jul 17 (Prensa Latina) The Panamanian government on Sunday reported that various security agencies have seized 70 tons of drugs to date this year.

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